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Retro Sweets by Decade .. help!

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Hopefully this exact query hasn't been covered before, sorry if it has!
I'm doing retro sweetie boxes for Christmas and am hoping to personalise some by the decade people grew up in. I'm a child of the 80's/90s so that's not a problem but can anyone help with the 50's and 20's?? (and maybe any other decade for other people who might pop in!)
I'm doing retro sweetie boxes for Christmas and am hoping to personalise some by the decade people grew up in. I'm a child of the 80's/90s so that's not a problem but can anyone help with the 50's and 20's?? (and maybe any other decade for other people who might pop in!)
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50s would be this sort:
Barratts Sweet Cigarettes
Sherbet Fountain
Pontefract Cakes
Sherbet Lemons
Black Jacks
Fruit Salads
Rhubarb and Custard
Dolly Mixtures
Gobstoppers
Spanish Honey and Butter
Pear Drops
Liquorice Wood
Liquorice Comfits
cant find much on earlier dates but boiled sweets,humbugs,toffee would work as well as of course chocolate0 -
Gingerbiscuit wrote: »50s would be this sort:
Barratts Sweet Cigarettes
Sherbet Fountain
Sherbet Lemons
Black Jacks
Fruit Salads
Rhubarb and Custard
Dolly Mixtures
Gobstoppers
These would fit into the 60s and 70s too...
along with
penny carmels (daintys)
penny refreshers
drumstick lolly pops
carmel logs
spanish gold
curly wurlies
spangles
bazooka joes0 -
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/gift-ideas-c-109.html 50's/60's/70's and 80's ideas to pinch from the gift boxes.
http://www.pennytreats.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=134 and here
Harder to find for the 20's.
http://www.localhistories.org/food.html
http://www.sweetsforu.co.uk/index.php?cPath=54_32
http://www.yesterdaysworld.co.uk/battle/battleindoorexhibits.asp#bumble0
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